On a recent episode of Celebrity
Jeopardy, Alex Trebek and Christopher Meloni chatted about Smile Train, an
organization that provides low-cost surgery to repair cleft palates.During the conversation, Trebek made a remark
about the importance of taking care of “the disadvantaged people.”

To most, this may sound kind, compassionate, and even generous.To me, it was merely ego disguising itself as
benevolence.

When we label someone “disadvantaged,” it automatically puts
us one step above.It allows us to feel
good about “helping” because “they” “need” “help.”And ego falls on the floor, laughing its ass
off that it’s driven us to do “good” instead of seeing the truth.